{"product_id":"performing-the-sacred-christian-representation-and-the-arts-9789004517462","title":"Performing the Sacred: Christian Representation and the Arts","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat does 'performance' mean in Christian culture? How is it connected to rituals, dramatic and visual arts, and the written word? Performing the Sacred: Christian Representation and the Arts explores both the meaning of re-presentation and the role of performance within the Christian tradition between arts and drama. The essays in this book demonstrate that the idea of performance was central to Christian theology and that—from the Middle Ages to the Early Modern era—it became a device through which people saw, prayed, preached, wrote, imagined, officiated rites, celebrated cults, and practiced devotions. Seen that performance is a habitus within Christianity, performing the sacred does not just mean representing it, but rather enacting it in a tangible, visible and involved way.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface  List of Illustrations  Notes on Contibutors    Introduction   Carla M. Bino and Corinna Ricasoli  1 The Drama of Christian Images: Art, Liturgy, Sacred Theatre   Timothy Verdon  2 A ‘Dramatic Turn’: The Revolution of Christian Representation   Carla M. Bino  3 No Drama Please, We’re Greek: Sacred Plays from a Greek Orthodox Perspective   Andrew Walker White  4 Enacting Sacred Narrative: Biblical, Liturgical, and Sacramental Practices in the Latin West   Nils Holger Petersen  5 Mary in the Scriptures as Container and Way: Henry Adams and the Virgin of Chartres   Rachel Fulton Brown  6 The Power of Images of Passion: Animated Sculptures of the Crucified Christ and the Problem of Visualizing Suffering in Medieval Art   Kamil Kopania  7 Women as Performers of the Bible: Female Preaching in Premodern Europe   Carolyn Muessig  8 Dramatic Action and the Participatory Spectator at the Sacro Monte di Varallo: Frozen Theatre or Immersive Installation?   Allie Terry-Fritsch  9 The Paradox of the Saint Actress: Church and Commedia Dell’arte during the Counter-Reformation   Fabrizio Fiaschini  10 Performing Glory: The Misteri or Festa D’elx on Contemporary Stages   Francesc Massip  11 Performing the Bible: Christian Drama and the Arts   Jean-Claude Schmitt    Copyright  Index","brand":"Brill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53210845938007,"sku":"9789004517462","price":119.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/performing-the-sacred-christian-representation-and-the-arts-9789004517462","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}